The 2021 Ballon d'Or will be handed out in Paris on Monday, where France Football will crown the best men's player in the world and best women's player in the world, in addition to its ancillary honors for the first time in two years.
The 2020 edition was canceled on account of the pandemic, likely robbing Robert Lewandowski of what would have been his first award after a Champions League-winning season with Bayern Munich. The Polish striker is very much in the mix for the 2021 award, though, along with Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi, with the trio considered to be a consensus top three leading up to Monday's reveal of the winner.